Episode 34: "The Family" Australia's Most Notorious Cult (Part 2)

In part two of "The Family",It is the 1970s now and Anne Hamilton-Byrne has gone from creating her own cult to getting her followers and worshipers to steal children to have for her own. Anne and her husband Bill would have the help of doctors and nurses working at Anne's psychiatric ward to steal 14 children. 14 more would later join this group of children from the followers giving birth hand handing them over. Horrendously enough, these 24 kids would undergo the worst treatment at a designated property Anne called Uptop. Listen and learn about the terrible story that made this cult be deemed one of the worst that Australia has ever seen. Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a chilling story you'd like to share? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Haworth, Abigail , November 2016 Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister culthttps://www.theguardian.com/fi....lm/2016/nov/20/growi Joel , March 2023 Inside The Family Cult, The Australian Doomsday Group Started By A Yoga Teacherhttps://allthatsinteresting.co....m/the-family-cult-an Thea , December 2018 , 6 of the most infamous cults in historyhttps://www.insider.com/most-i....nfamous-cults-in-his The Cult Of Familyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UxQU7acAVk&t=91sDr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, Yoga: Its Origin, History and Developmenthttps://yoga.ayush.gov.in/Yoga-History/Johnston, Chris, The Morning Herald , Family Ties https://www.smh.com.au/interac....tive/2017/family-tie a new world orderhttps://www.britannica.com/eve....nt/Cold-War/Toward-a Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962https://history.state.gov/mile....stones/1961-1968/cub